• desert, deserd, diserte

& OF desert . (a) Barren, arid, unproductive (land); dried up (lake); (b) deserted (city, church); uninhabited; (c) impoverished (country). a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex. Corp-C 444 2852 He..nam a weie bi deserd lond; To mount synai forð he nam. (a1382) WBible(1)

• eldre-man, elder-, aldre-, eldren-

authority in the community, orig. on account of age; esp. the elders of the Jewish people or of the apostolic church. (c1384) WBible(1) Dc 369(2) Mark 14.[73] The hiȝeste prestis, makinge counceil with the eldere men [WB(2) : elder men]

• amansen, -i(n, amansum(i)en, amonsi

amans(um)ian (a) To exclude (sb.) from the sacraments of the Church, excommunicate; (b) to pronounce a curse upon (sb.); ben amansed , be accursed or damned. a1121 Peterb.Chron. LdMisc 636 an.676 Ic, Theodorus, aercebiscop of Cantwarbyrig..amansumie ealle þa þaer aniþing

• parish(e, pari~x0021d~sh, pari~x0021d~s, paris(se, parich(e, paresh(e, pares, parech(e, parashe, parach, parosh(e, paroch(e, paros(se, paroish, perishe, pereshe, parshe, parche, parsh~x0021d~, pershe, parehce

members of the parish; right, serving , fees or service due by parishioners to their parish church; stepel , the steeple of the parish church; chirche, clerk, prest , q.v.; (d) in place name [see Smith PNElem. 2.60]. a1325 SLeg.Bridget(2)

• pontifical, pontificalle

vestments of a Jewish high priest; (d) a papal or episcopal edict; (e) a duty or function of a high church dignitary; (f) a high ecclesiastic; (g) a group of priests or prelates. ?1435(1432) Lydg. Hen.VI Entry Jul B.2 460

• possessen

to the chirche to haue rychesse and facultes to be possessed. c1460 Oseney Reg. 42/25 We will..þat now þe saide church and chanons..all the fornamed thynges..haue and possesse. c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet Bod 916 70/8 He tretiþ goddis good to bi

• possessour

occupier; also fig. ; persoune , a person who holds property; (b) a clergyman who holds the living of a church. c1425(a1420) Lydg. TB Aug A.4 3.2119 Þei were of manhood fully possessours, And of her fomen finally victours. a1425(c1395)

• provende, provand(e, proviande, provente, probend

for fodder, ?a nose bag; (b) eccl. the stipend of a member of the chapter of a cathedral or collegiate church, a prebend; also, the land yielding revenue for such a stipend. (?c1341) Acc.R.Dur. in Sur.Soc.100 541 In Canabo empt.pro

• assumpcioun, assompcioun, assumsion

(a) The reception (of the Virgin into Heaven), the Assumption; (b) the , the church festival (August 15) commemorating this event [one of 5 festivals referred to as oure ladi dai ]; the feste (of the) . c1300 Assump.Virg.(1) Cmb

• miskenning(e, -keninge, -kenninga, -kennigh, -coninge, mixkenning, meskenninge, -keninge, -cheninge, muskenning

miskenning(e ger. Also -keninge , -kenninga , -kennigh , -coninge , mixkenning & meskenninge , -keninge , -cheninge & muskenning . LOE miskenning ; also cp. ME kenning(e ger. (a) Law. An alteration in a plea; a variation in

• mortuari(e, mortuarẹ

89/23 His secunde best beest..þat he hath gete in þe daye of his dethe, hit be i-payde to þe saide church and to my lordis In þe name of a Mortuarye. (1472) Will York in Sur.Soc.45 203 Also I bewytt,

• old(e-fader, ald-, alde-, ealde-, aldefeder, -feader, -vader, oldeveder

(a) A grandfather; further , a great-grandfather; (b) an ancestor; esp. Adam; (c) one of the Old Testament patriarchs; a Church Father; also, an ancient philosopher. (1155) Chart.Hen.II in Hall EME Hrl Charter 3.B.49 12 Hi beon aelc þare lande

• quẹrister, querester, quarester, qwalester, queristres, queristrs, coresters, qwysteres, whistrers, whystres

(16th cent.) queristarius , cor- ; for sense 2 . cp. quẹr n. 5 . (a) A member of a church choir, chorister; a choir-boy; (b) an angel as member of the celestial choir. c1390 In a Chirche Vrn 9

• quieten, quiete, quieted, quiete

discharged, relesed, and quieted of almaner eschapes, fynes, paynes, [etc.]. (1473-4) Acc.St.Edm.Sarum 16 The aforesaid Accountants owyn clerly to the church iiij s. vij d. the which ben forgeven them for there goud labours, and so they ben quyete. a1475

• retenaunce, retenouns, retinaunce, retienance, retenewance, retenawans

. (a) A retinue, band of followers; also fig. ; also, a retainer, follower; (b) lay officials and workers on church estates; (c) at (to) , at the command or service of (sb.); also fig. (a1393) Gower CA Frf 3

• sacrari(e, sacrear, secrary

for sacred objects; a temple, shrine; also fig. ; (b) fig. the Virgin Mary; (c) eccl. the repository in a church in which sacred vessels, relics, vestments, etc. are kept, a sacristy. (c1384) WBible(1) Dc 369(2) 1 Cor.9.13 Thei that

• lening(e, levinge

þe walles..þat thay fallen nouȝt for gret hynesse neiþer for lenyynge. c1450 Capgr. Rome Bod 423 161 Whi it [a church] is called transpodium, treuly I coude not lerne..Trans is as mech to sey as `ouyr' and podium `a lenyng';

• spiritual

Religious life; religious duty; (b) the church; the spiritual realm; (c) the clergy; (d) a benefice; also, alms or endowments. c1400 Trev. Dial.MC StJ-C H.1 17/14 Spiritual [Hrl: of þe spiritualte hit is writen..'Þere ȝe beþ likned to an oxe

• territori(e, teritorie

he fledde into the teritorie Of Ianus temple, ran up to a tour. c1460 Oseney Reg. 99/21 I, Adam..ȝafe..to þe church of Seynte Marie..ij acres of Arable londe In þe territorye or grownde of Cudelynton. a1475 Godstow Reg. Rwl B.408

• bileden, bilad(de, bilad, biled

; belaedde . To guide or instruct (sb.); direct the affairs of (the Church). c1300 SLeg.Becket LdMisc 108 228 Swyþe wel bi-gan þis Ercedekne [i.e. Becket] holi churche bi-lede, And stifliche heold op hire riȝte. c1325 Ne mai no lewed